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Thursday, 03 June 2021 05:40

I didn’t write memo to Buhari seeking suspension of Constitution - Malami

Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has denied link to any purported memo to President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to suspend the Constitution of Nigeria, so as to have a free hand in dealing with the worsening insecurity in the country. Malami in a statement by his media aide, Umar Gwandu, not only denied advising the president along such lines, but also reiterated his support for constitutional democracy. While dismissing the entire report as false, he however urged Nigerians to ignore the report, describing it is handiwork of enemies of democracy. “Attention of the Office…

Thursday, 03 June 2021 05:39

FG receives concession bids for Lokoja-Abuja, Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta, 10 other highways

Federal government says 75 construction companies have submitted bids to be picked as concessionaires for 12 roads through the online portal under the first phase of the Highway Development Management Initiative (HDMI). HDMI is to develop and manage federal road network through private sector investment, thus maximising the use of assets along the right of way. Abimbola Asein, head of public private partnership unit at the ministry of works and housing, said this at the opening of request for qualification (RFQ) bid in Abuja on Tuesday. The 12 highways mapped out for concession by the federal government have a combined…

Thursday, 03 June 2021 05:37

FG raises hazard allowances for health workers

Federal Government has approved a 600 per cent increment in hazard allowance for senior health workers and 350 per cent for their junior counterparts. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, made the disclosure in Abuja after a meeting between the Federal Government and representatives of professional bodies and unions in the health sector. The meeting, which held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa Abuja, deliberated on hazard allowance and retirement age for health workers in government health establishments. On resolutions of the gathering, Ngige said the Federal Government had reviewed upward the N5,000 monthly hazard allowance for…

Thursday, 03 June 2021 05:36

Foreign Fulanis who have encircled Southwest will strike soon – Amotekun boss

Chairman Oyo State Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps, Kunle Togun has alleged foreign Fulanis have encircled the entire Southwest region and may strike if nothing is done urgently. Togun, a former Director of Military Intelligence (DMI) and former Deputy Director-General of State Security Service (SSS), however advised people to be security conscious and prepare to defend themselves. According to the Oyo Amotekun boss, the foreigners have been penetrating localities in the region to monitor the environment over the years to pave way for the big strike. The strike, according to intelligence report, he said will be aided by local collaborators…

Wednesday, 02 June 2021 05:51

Buhari threatens ‘rude shock’ for rebels amid rising violence in southeast

People who promote insurrection in Nigeria face a “rude shock”, President Muhammadu Buhari warned on Tuesday, raising the possibility of a fierce crackdown on rising violence in the southeast that has included arson attacks on police station and electoral offices. Security forces are already grappling with criminal gangs in the northwest who carry out mass kidnappings for ransom, a decade-old Islamist insurgency in the northeast, and piracy in the Gulf of Guinea off Nigeria’s southern coast. Electoral offices and police stations have been burned down in recent months across the southeast, a region where armed gangs have carried out a…

Wednesday, 02 June 2021 05:48

Sultan on Constitution review: ‘Why is the use of Hijab a problem to those not using it?’

Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto, has advocated the use of Hijab by Muslim women, without restrictions and in total observance of the freedom of religion in the country. The Sultan, who is also President-General of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), stated this in Birnin Kebbi, on Tuesday, at the North West Zonal Public Hearing on the Constitution Review organised by House of Representatives for Stakeholders from Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara. Abubakar wondered why the wearing of the Hijab would be a problem for others who were not using it, stressing that the other religions could also…

Wednesday, 02 June 2021 05:46

Senior lawyer warns against tenure elongation as Buhari meets INEC chair, commissioners

President Muhammadu Buhari had a meeting with Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu and five commissioners on Tuesday. A tweet from the presidency indicated that the meeting held at the First Lady’s conference room at the State House, Abuja. The meeting came amid attacks on INEC facilities and offices in some states. On Sunday, a newly completed office of INEC was set ablaze at Okwudor community in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State. It was learnt that the burnt office was commissioned shortly before the 2019 General Elections. The electoral body’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information…

Wednesday, 02 June 2021 05:45

After success of IPOB’s sit-at-home order, Southeast govs mull May 30 as Biafra day

Following the sit-at-home ordered by Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) to commemorate the 54th anniversary of the declaration of the Sovereign State of Biafra, South East Governors’ Forum Chairman, Dave Umahi, has said May 30 would be set aside as a day to remember millions of Igbo that lost their lives during the civil war. Governor Umahi of Ebonyi State, who stated this during a television interview, yesterday, said there was the need to set aside a date to honour the Igbo who died during the three-year war, insisting there was nothing wrong with it. He said if a proposal…

Tuesday, 01 June 2021 05:48

All of Southeast complied with IPOB’s stay-at-home order. This is how it went in each of the 5 states

Human and commercial activities were grounded in the South East as well as in Asaba, Delta State, yesterday, as residents obeyed the sit-at-home order by Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB). Government offices, schools, banks, shops, business centres, markets, malls, plazas and petrol outlets were shut. Also, private and commercial vehicles kept off the roads, leaving streets ghost towns. But a cross section of residents expressed mixed feelings over the total compliance. While some said it was necessary to honour millions of lives lost during the Nigerian civil war,…

Tuesday, 01 June 2021 05:47

Abia gov to FG: Open talks with IPOB

Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has urged federal government to urgently open talks with IPOB, a pro-Biafra group, and similar groups around the country, as a means of tackling the rising insecurity in Nigeria. There have been deadly attacks against security agencies in the five states – Enugu, Ebonyi, Anambra, Imo, Abia – that make up the Southeast region. Courts, as well as facilities belonging to Independent National Electoral Commission, have also been attacked and set ablaze in the region. Ikpeazu said the attacks were not far from terrorism and that there are meant to “frighten the police, make…

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Tuesday, 01 June 2021 05:46

Buhari grants Kingibe ‘Cabinet Rank’ as Special Envoy

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Babagana Kingibe as his Special Envoy with Cabinet Rank Status to Chad and the Lake Chad Basin Region. This was disclosed Monday evening, in a statement, by Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha. According to the statement, the appointment was in fulfilment of Buhari’s promise to aid Chad Republic in its journey towards achieving a seamless transition back to democratic rule within 18 months as promised by Mahamat Deby Itno, President of the Transitional Military Council of Chad. The statement said the appointment, which is a cabinet rank…

Tuesday, 01 June 2021 05:41

China announced that couples can have up to three children, up from the current limit of two. These are reactions to the new policy

China announced on Monday that couples would be allowed to have up to three children, up from the current limit of two, in a bid to reverse a rapid decline in new births. Following are reactions from academics, economists and members of the public: ZHANG XINYU, 30-YEAR-OLD TOURIST AND MOTHER OF ONE CHILD FROM ZHENGZHOU “It’s mostly women bearing the responsibility of raising children, for the most part. And this society hasn’t provided women with much support. So actually, if men could do more to raise the child, or if families could give more consideration for women who had just…

Monday, 31 May 2021 05:48

Nigeria getting to the point of no return as a failed state — US groups

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), and Harvard Kennedy School in the United States, have said that Nigeria as a nation, is at a point of no return having showed all the signs of a failed nation. The organisation which made the disclosure in a research finding it released through its senior fellow and former US Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell and Robert Rotberg, who is the founding director, Harvard Kennedy School’s Programme on Intrastate Conflict and president emeritus, World Peace Foundation, said Nigeria is currently in its final phase, from which it would eventually collapse. The organisation said their position…

Monday, 31 May 2021 05:45

‘Linking us with assassination of Gulak is to orchestrate another pogrom against Easterners living in the North’ - IPOB

PRESS RELEASE The attention of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ably led by our great leader Nnamdi Kanu, has been drawn to the untenable allegation by the security agencies that IPOB was responsible for the assassination of former presidential aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak on his way to Sam Mbakwe Airport Owerri Imo State. We therefore state without equivocations that IPOB knows nothing about the said assassination. In the first place, what threat did the late Gulak constitute to our cause to warrant his elimination? We had nothing in common with him and could not have in…

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